Competition Calendar 2008 (Provisional)

French School Comp, LFS (D)
2 - 3 Feb

NUS Boulderactive, Plaza Singapura (B)
22 - 23 Mar

Outram Comp (D)
Apr

SP Rockmaster, Central @ Clarke Quay(B)
May

NP (D)
17 - 18 May

TP Rockamania, Temasek Poly (D & S)
13 - 15 Jun

NTU ODAC Pumpfest, Leisure Park (B)
20-22 Jun

Let's Rock, Sec Springfield (D)
18 - 20 Jun

NSSCC (D & S)
17 -19 Jul

IFSC International Officials Course

The IFSC International Officials Course for Judges and Routesetters will take place on the week prior to the Youth World Championship as in 2007 in occasion of the Ibarra Ecuador YWCH.

Course details will be made available in the coming weeks and will be announced online.

The YWCH is in Sydney Australia 28-31 August. The courses will include a few days of theory, prior to the competition, and then practical during the YWCH.

Sir Edmund Hillary dies

"I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them."

Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventure passed away in New Zealand on Friday, aged 88.

Sir Edmund and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. They were members of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by Lord John Hunt. Norguay passed away in 1986, Lord Hunt in 1998.

Sir Edmund Hillary was born on July 20, 1919 in Tuakau, New Zealand.

While the triumph over Everest has propelled him to international fame, His effort towards the Nepali people left a greater legacy . After Everest he devoted his life to the Sherpas Communities in Nepal's Khumbu region over the next 64 years. In 1960 he established The Himalayan Trust to help battle poverty in the region building schools, clinics and bridges. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003.

A state funeral is being planned in New Zeland, whille flags are lowered to half mast nationwide.

New TP Wall

New Wall, Old Faces

Was back in TP to visit Terence and Yeuan Huei today. Suprised to see the chicken rice auntie back in businss canteen.

Saw the new wall. The 2 flat wall on each side has been replaced by T-Wall GRP Triangle System. There are also 2 abseiling towers, one above the roof wall, the other on the left.

Photos to follow soon